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Martin Welker

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Born: April 25, 1819

Birthplace: Knox County, Ohio

Father: John Paul Welker 1784 – 1869

Mother: Elizabeth Gaumer 1785 – 1865

1st​ Wife: Maria Armor 1824 – 1894

2nd​ Wife: Flora E. Uhl 1856 – 1947
(Buried: Wooster Cemetery, Wooster, Ohio)​

Political Party: Whig Party and Republican Party

Occupation before War:


1840 – 1846: Attorney in Millersburg, Ohio​
1846 – 1851: Holmes County, Ohio, Clerk of Pleas​
1852: Unsuccessful Candidate for United States Congress.​
1852 – 1857: Judge of Sixth Judicial District of Ohio​
1857: Moved to Wooster, Ohio​
1858 – 1860: Lt. Governor of Ohio​

Civil War Career:

1861: Judge Advocate of Second Brigade of Ohio State Militia​
1861: Aide and Colonel on staff of General Jacob Dolson Cox​
1861: Judge Advocate General for the State of Ohio​
1862: Ohio State Superintendent of drafting​
1862: Assistant Adjutant General for the State of Ohio​
1865: Private in Company I, 188th​ Ohio Volunteers Infantry Regiment​
1865 – 1871: United States Congressman from Ohio​
1865 – 1867: Member of House District of Columbia Committee​
1865 – 1867: Member of House Revolutionary Claims Committee​
1865: Mustered out of the Union Army on September 21st​.​

Occupation after War:

1865 – 1871: United States Congressman from Ohio​
1865 – 1871: Member of House District of Columbia Committee​
1865 – 1867: Member of House Revolutionary Claims Committee​
1865 – 1867: Supporter of giving veterans Pensions.​
1866: Voted in support of the 14th​ Amendment to U.S. Constitution.​
1867 – 1869: Chairman of House Enrolled Bills Committee​
1868: Voted in affirmative in Andrew Johnson Impeachment trial.
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1869 – 1871: Member of House Private Land Claims Committee​
1870: Choose not to be a candidate for reelection to U.S. Congress.​
1873 – 1889: Judge of U.S. District Court of Northern District of Ohio.​
1873 – 1890: Professor of political science and law at Wooster College​

Died:
March 15, 1902

Place of Death: Wooster, Ohio

Age at time of Death: 82 years old

Burial Place: Wooster Cemetery, Wooster, Ohio
 
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